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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang makes a multimillion-dollar annual commitment to San Francisco Opera, supporting The Monkey King and future artistic and community initiatives. Full story at moto-perpetuo.com/nvidia-ceo-j...
November 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang makes a multimillion-dollar annual commitment to San Francisco Opera, supporting The Monkey King and future artistic and community initiatives. Full story at moto-perpetuo.com/nvidia-ceo-j...
The cellist Anastasia Kobekina releases her interpretation of Bach’s Cello Suites on Sony Classical, performed on period instruments—a personal approach to one of classical music’s most emblematic works.
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@AKobekina @sonyclassical #cello #bach
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@AKobekina @sonyclassical #cello #bach
November 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The cellist Anastasia Kobekina releases her interpretation of Bach’s Cello Suites on Sony Classical, performed on period instruments—a personal approach to one of classical music’s most emblematic works.
Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/anastasia-ko...
@AKobekina @sonyclassical #cello #bach
Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/anastasia-ko...
@AKobekina @sonyclassical #cello #bach
Spanish violinist Maria Dueñas joins Sir Antonio Pappano and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe for a live performance from Esterházy Palace, featuring Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole and Dvořák’s Slavonic Dances.
More info at moto-perpetuo.com/pappano-duen...
More info at moto-perpetuo.com/pappano-duen...
November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Spanish violinist Maria Dueñas joins Sir Antonio Pappano and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe for a live performance from Esterházy Palace, featuring Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole and Dvořák’s Slavonic Dances.
More info at moto-perpetuo.com/pappano-duen...
More info at moto-perpetuo.com/pappano-duen...
“A terrible night.”
The Philharmonie de Paris has published an open letter after the disruptions during the Israel Philharmonic’s concert, condemning violence and announcing new legal action. Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/terrible-nig...
The Philharmonie de Paris has published an open letter after the disruptions during the Israel Philharmonic’s concert, condemning violence and announcing new legal action. Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/terrible-nig...
November 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
“A terrible night.”
The Philharmonie de Paris has published an open letter after the disruptions during the Israel Philharmonic’s concert, condemning violence and announcing new legal action. Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/terrible-nig...
The Philharmonie de Paris has published an open letter after the disruptions during the Israel Philharmonic’s concert, condemning violence and announcing new legal action. Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/terrible-nig...
This week in Moto Rec, a powerful performance by the Consone Quartet: the Allegro assai from Mendelssohn’s F minor Quartet, Op. 80. A vivid, historically informed reading by one of today’s most distinctive young quartets.
Watch at moto-perpetuo.com/mendelssohns...
Watch at moto-perpetuo.com/mendelssohns...
November 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
This week in Moto Rec, a powerful performance by the Consone Quartet: the Allegro assai from Mendelssohn’s F minor Quartet, Op. 80. A vivid, historically informed reading by one of today’s most distinctive young quartets.
Watch at moto-perpetuo.com/mendelssohns...
Watch at moto-perpetuo.com/mendelssohns...
Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Anastasia Kobekina take part in this year’s Lucerne Festival Forward, held 21–23 November.
The programme includes world premieres and interdisciplinary performances.
More info at moto-perpetuo.com/lucerne-fest...
The programme includes world premieres and interdisciplinary performances.
More info at moto-perpetuo.com/lucerne-fest...
November 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Anastasia Kobekina take part in this year’s Lucerne Festival Forward, held 21–23 November.
The programme includes world premieres and interdisciplinary performances.
More info at moto-perpetuo.com/lucerne-fest...
The programme includes world premieres and interdisciplinary performances.
More info at moto-perpetuo.com/lucerne-fest...
Muziekgebouw Eindhoven cites VSCD guidelines and recent performances in Moscow, where a venue offered free tickets to Russian army personnel.
The case unfolds amid wider debates in Europe over politically sensitive cancellations.
Full story at moto-perpetuo.com/elisabeth-le...
#UkraineWar
The case unfolds amid wider debates in Europe over politically sensitive cancellations.
Full story at moto-perpetuo.com/elisabeth-le...
#UkraineWar
November 20, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Muziekgebouw Eindhoven cites VSCD guidelines and recent performances in Moscow, where a venue offered free tickets to Russian army personnel.
The case unfolds amid wider debates in Europe over politically sensitive cancellations.
Full story at moto-perpetuo.com/elisabeth-le...
#UkraineWar
The case unfolds amid wider debates in Europe over politically sensitive cancellations.
Full story at moto-perpetuo.com/elisabeth-le...
#UkraineWar
The 2025 Paris Opera Competition has announced its winners: Steffan Lloyd Owen (First Prize), Elene Gvritishvili (Second Prize) and Théo Imart (Third Prize and Audience Prize).
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November 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The 2025 Paris Opera Competition has announced its winners: Steffan Lloyd Owen (First Prize), Elene Gvritishvili (Second Prize) and Théo Imart (Third Prize and Audience Prize).
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Read morea at moto-perpetuo.com/paris-opera-... #opera #operacompetition
Ojai Music Festival shares first details of its 2026 edition with Esa-Pekka Salonen as Music Director. Premieres by John Adams, Salonen, and more, plus major works by Messiaen, Ligeti, and Schoenberg.
Full story at moto-perpetuo.com/ojai-music-f...
Full story at moto-perpetuo.com/ojai-music-f...
November 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Ojai Music Festival shares first details of its 2026 edition with Esa-Pekka Salonen as Music Director. Premieres by John Adams, Salonen, and more, plus major works by Messiaen, Ligeti, and Schoenberg.
Full story at moto-perpetuo.com/ojai-music-f...
Full story at moto-perpetuo.com/ojai-music-f...
Dutch double bassist Sasha Witteveen is emerging as a significant young voice. Alongside her chamber-music work, she performs with the Budapest Festival Orchestra and the Royal Concertgebouworkest, and recently released her album …Into the Light.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Dutch double bassist Sasha Witteveen is emerging as a significant young voice. Alongside her chamber-music work, she performs with the Budapest Festival Orchestra and the Royal Concertgebouworkest, and recently released her album …Into the Light.
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Newly discovered organ works by Johann Sebastian Bach received their first performance in 320 years at Leipzig’s Thomaskirche.
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#johannsebastianbach
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#johannsebastianbach
November 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Newly discovered organ works by Johann Sebastian Bach received their first performance in 320 years at Leipzig’s Thomaskirche.
Read the full story and listen to the works at moto-perpetuo.com/newly-discov...
#johannsebastianbach
Read the full story and listen to the works at moto-perpetuo.com/newly-discov...
#johannsebastianbach
The Latin Grammys celebrated classical music with two awards: pianist Isabel Dobarro won Best Classical Album, and composer Gabriela Ortiz received Best Classical Contemporary Composition.
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Find more at moto-perpetuo.com/latin-grammy...
November 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The Latin Grammys celebrated classical music with two awards: pianist Isabel Dobarro won Best Classical Album, and composer Gabriela Ortiz received Best Classical Contemporary Composition.
Find more at moto-perpetuo.com/latin-grammy...
Find more at moto-perpetuo.com/latin-grammy...
The 2025 International Opera Awards were held in Athens, honouring Agnes Baltsa, Asmik Grigorian, Nicholas Brownlee, MusikTheater an der Wien, and more.
Full winners’ list at moto-perpetuo.com/opera-awards...
Full winners’ list at moto-perpetuo.com/opera-awards...
November 16, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The 2025 International Opera Awards were held in Athens, honouring Agnes Baltsa, Asmik Grigorian, Nicholas Brownlee, MusikTheater an der Wien, and more.
Full winners’ list at moto-perpetuo.com/opera-awards...
Full winners’ list at moto-perpetuo.com/opera-awards...
Live from Cologne: conductor Marie Jacquot leads the WDR Symphony Orchestra in Bruckner’s Symphony No. 7, alongside works by Handel and Jehan Alain, with Thomas Ospital at the organ.
Watch and read more at moto-perpetuo.com/marie-jacquo...
Watch and read more at moto-perpetuo.com/marie-jacquo...
November 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Live from Cologne: conductor Marie Jacquot leads the WDR Symphony Orchestra in Bruckner’s Symphony No. 7, alongside works by Handel and Jehan Alain, with Thomas Ospital at the organ.
Watch and read more at moto-perpetuo.com/marie-jacquo...
Watch and read more at moto-perpetuo.com/marie-jacquo...
Sir Donald McIntyre, the New Zealand bass-baritone whose commanding Wotan shaped the history of Bayreuth’s Centenary Ring, has died at 91 in Munich
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#donaldmcintyre
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#donaldmcintyre
November 14, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Sir Donald McIntyre, the New Zealand bass-baritone whose commanding Wotan shaped the history of Bayreuth’s Centenary Ring, has died at 91 in Munich
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#donaldmcintyre
Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/sir-donald-m...
#donaldmcintyre
A 24-hour tribute to Erik Satie at the CETC, the experimental stage of Teatro Colón: nearly a hundred pianists perform Vexations in continuous rotation. Watch details and full story at moto-perpetuo.com/satie-vexati...
#satie #eriksatie
#satie #eriksatie
November 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
A 24-hour tribute to Erik Satie at the CETC, the experimental stage of Teatro Colón: nearly a hundred pianists perform Vexations in continuous rotation. Watch details and full story at moto-perpetuo.com/satie-vexati...
#satie #eriksatie
#satie #eriksatie
New Moto Pick: Martin Helmchen records the first chapter of his complete Schubert cycle, including works with new completions and the brilliant D 850.
Watch and read more at moto-perpetuo.com/martin-helmc...
Watch and read more at moto-perpetuo.com/martin-helmc...
November 14, 2025 at 11:40 AM
New Moto Pick: Martin Helmchen records the first chapter of his complete Schubert cycle, including works with new completions and the brilliant D 850.
Watch and read more at moto-perpetuo.com/martin-helmc...
Watch and read more at moto-perpetuo.com/martin-helmc...
The San Diego Symphony has extended Rafael Payare’s tenure as Music and Artistic Director through 2028–29, marking ten years since his arrival in 2019.
Full story at moto-perpetuo.com/rafael-payar...
Full story at moto-perpetuo.com/rafael-payar...
November 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The San Diego Symphony has extended Rafael Payare’s tenure as Music and Artistic Director through 2028–29, marking ten years since his arrival in 2019.
Full story at moto-perpetuo.com/rafael-payar...
Full story at moto-perpetuo.com/rafael-payar...
Tchaikovsky’s final opera returns in a poetic new production from Bordeaux, directed by Stéphane Braunschweig. Live-streamed on OperaVision.
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✨ Watch and read more at moto-perpetuo.com/iolanta-bord...
November 13, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Tchaikovsky’s final opera returns in a poetic new production from Bordeaux, directed by Stéphane Braunschweig. Live-streamed on OperaVision.
✨ Watch and read more at moto-perpetuo.com/iolanta-bord...
✨ Watch and read more at moto-perpetuo.com/iolanta-bord...
Sarah Strohm (20, CH) and Brian Isaacs (25, US) shared First Prize at the 2025 Geneva International Music Competition (Viola), with Ayaka Taniguchi (23, JP) taking Second Prize.
🎻 Full story at moto-perpetuo.com/geneva-viola...
🎻 Full story at moto-perpetuo.com/geneva-viola...
November 13, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Sarah Strohm (20, CH) and Brian Isaacs (25, US) shared First Prize at the 2025 Geneva International Music Competition (Viola), with Ayaka Taniguchi (23, JP) taking Second Prize.
🎻 Full story at moto-perpetuo.com/geneva-viola...
🎻 Full story at moto-perpetuo.com/geneva-viola...
San Francisco Opera will bring back Wagner’s Ring Cycle in 2028 with Eun Sun Kim on the podium and Francesca Zambello’s production. Featuring Tamara Wilson, Brian Mulligan and Simon O’Neill.
🔗 More info at moto-perpetuo.com/san-francisc...
🔗 More info at moto-perpetuo.com/san-francisc...
November 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
San Francisco Opera will bring back Wagner’s Ring Cycle in 2028 with Eun Sun Kim on the podium and Francesca Zambello’s production. Featuring Tamara Wilson, Brian Mulligan and Simon O’Neill.
🔗 More info at moto-perpetuo.com/san-francisc...
🔗 More info at moto-perpetuo.com/san-francisc...
Esa-Pekka Salonen opens with Turangalîla, while Martha Argerich, Evgeny Kissin, and Yunchan Lim lead a program that blends generations and traditions. The Verbier Festival, held each summer in the Swiss Alps, will also expand to China in 2026.
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👉 Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/verbier-fest...
November 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Esa-Pekka Salonen opens with Turangalîla, while Martha Argerich, Evgeny Kissin, and Yunchan Lim lead a program that blends generations and traditions. The Verbier Festival, held each summer in the Swiss Alps, will also expand to China in 2026.
👉 Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/verbier-fest...
👉 Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/verbier-fest...
Gautier Capuçon climbs Mont Blanc with his cello to film Max Richter’s Sequence for Gaïa, a meditation on nature, fragility, and beauty. Watch and read full story at moto-perpetuo.com/capucon-sequ...
#classicalmusic #contemporarymusic #cello
#classicalmusic #contemporarymusic #cello
November 11, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Gautier Capuçon climbs Mont Blanc with his cello to film Max Richter’s Sequence for Gaïa, a meditation on nature, fragility, and beauty. Watch and read full story at moto-perpetuo.com/capucon-sequ...
#classicalmusic #contemporarymusic #cello
#classicalmusic #contemporarymusic #cello
James Vaughen joins The Philadelphia Orchestra as Principal Trumpet from 2026.
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#PhiladelphiaOrchestra #YannickNezetSeguin
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#PhiladelphiaOrchestra #YannickNezetSeguin
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
James Vaughen joins The Philadelphia Orchestra as Principal Trumpet from 2026.
🎺Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/james-vaughe...
#PhiladelphiaOrchestra #YannickNezetSeguin
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#PhiladelphiaOrchestra #YannickNezetSeguin
Sir Antonio Pappano has been named an Honorary Member of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, joining a distinguished group that includes Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Simon Rattle, and András Schiff.
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#AntonioPappano #ChamberOrchestraOfEurope
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#AntonioPappano #ChamberOrchestraOfEurope
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Sir Antonio Pappano has been named an Honorary Member of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, joining a distinguished group that includes Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Simon Rattle, and András Schiff.
🔗 Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/antonio-papp...
#AntonioPappano #ChamberOrchestraOfEurope
🔗 Read more at moto-perpetuo.com/antonio-papp...
#AntonioPappano #ChamberOrchestraOfEurope